Lehigh staff and faculty are limited to the kind of information that can be shared with other people because of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). FERPA states, “At the postsecondary level, parents have no inherent rights to inspect their son’s or daughter’s educational records. The right to inspect is limited solely to the student.” Your grades, GPA and other “non-directory” information can only be obtained by other people with your permission.
Lehigh has developed the student record proxy access system specifically for parents, family members, and other people you want to share your information with aimed to provide other people access to relevant student record information. The accessible information is based upon specific permission granted by you. Each person will have an individual account.
An email will be sent to your student's Lehigh University email address with instructions regarding granting access to other people. Students are able to grant access to the following areas: Account Receivable, Account Holds, Address, Financial Aid, Schedule, and Transcript.
If your student chooses to grant their parent(s)/guardian(s) access to their educational and financial record, the student will set it up and then you will follow the steps here to gain access.
FAQs may be found here.